- A
tenterground,
tenter ground or teneter-field was an area used for
drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling. The wet
cloth was
hooked onto frames...
-
Their settlement began in the area
beyond the
Spitalfields known as the
Tenterground,
formerly an
enclosed area
where Flemish weavers stretched and dried...
- bleachfields. A
bleachfield is
similar to, but
should not be
confused with, a
tenterground.
Bleachfields were a po****r
subject for
Dutch painters in the 17th century...
-
pegged out on
hooks in the
surrounding fields.
These were
known as
tentergrounds. From the mid-18th century,
Petticoat Lane
became a
centre for manufacturing...
- tenterhooks). The area
where the
tenters were
erected was
known as a
tenterground.
Cloth would also have the nap
raised by
napping or gigging. The surface...
- At that time it
consisted of the
southern part of
Lolesworth Field, a
tenterground to its
south and a
spinning and
twisting ground with
gardens to the south...
- in the late
seventeenth century while Goodman's
Fields was used as a
tenterground. This
estate was
built in 1977 by the
Guinness Trust. It
consists of...
-
weaving industry in and
around Spitalfields (see
Petticoat Lane and the
Tenterground) in East London. In Wandsworth,
their gardening skills benefited the...
-
chapels in the area. More
humble weavers dwellings were
congregated in the
Tenterground. The
Spitalfields Mathematical Society was
established in 1717. In 1846...
- the
cloth would retain its
shape and size as it dried. Historically,
tentergrounds (alternatively, tenter-fields),
large open
spaces full of tenters, wherever...
